PICASSO (2023) 50 EURO "WOMAN WITH RAISED ARMS"ID92937017
On the occasion of the commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of Pablo Ruiz Picasso, the Royal Mint of Spain dedicates a collection of commemorative coins to the Spanish painter, the inimitable creator of the various currents that revolutionized the visual arts of the 20th century.
On the reverse is a reproduction of the work titled "Woman with Raised Arms", made by Pablo Picasso in 1936, which is preserved in the Picasso Museum Málaga.
On the obverse a photographic portrait of Pablo Picasso is reproduced in front of his work "The Amateur", made in 1912.
| Shape | Square |
| Series | Picasso Fiftieth Anniversary |
| Year | 2023 |
| Colour | Yes |
| Quality | Proof |
| Face Value (Euro) | 50 |
| Size (mm) | 60 X 60 |
| Alloy (‰) | 999 |
| Metal | Silver |
| Weight (g) | 135 |
| Maximum Mintage (units) | 5,000 |
"WOMAN WITH RAISED ARMS" PICASSO (2023) 50 EURO
Picasso and the photographer Dora Maar met in Paris at the legendary café Deux Magots in 1936, shortly before the start of the Spanish civil war. He portrayed her dozens of times. She was his model and his muse. One of these portraits, Woman with raised arms.
There are scholars of art and Picasso's work who interpret that this is the way in which the man from Malaga celebrated a new love, but also the beginning of a new artistic stage. Inspired by the photographer Dora Maar, the painting was painted in Paris at the beginning of the summer of 1936. Picasso was already beginning to show his anxiety about the war in Spain.